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authorManoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>2008-05-30 12:42:47 -0700
committerManoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>2008-05-30 12:42:47 -0700
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+?RCS: $Id$
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Copyright (c) 1991-1997, 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi
+?RCS:
+?RCS: You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic License,
+?RCS: as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
+?RCS: You may reuse parts of this distribution only within the terms of
+?RCS: that same Artistic License; a copy of which may be found at the root
+?RCS: of the source tree for dist 4.0.
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Original Author: Graham Stoney <greyham@research.canon.oz.au>
+?RCS:
+?RCS: $Log: MailAuthor.U,v $
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.5 1997/02/28 15:04:41 ram
+?RCS: patch61: added support for src.U
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.4 1994/08/29 16:05:09 ram
+?RCS: patch32: avoid message sending if they said no previously
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.3 1993/10/16 13:47:30 ram
+?RCS: patch12: now makes sure user-specified address is in Internet format
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.2 1993/09/13 15:48:49 ram
+?RCS: patch10: reverted to original intent by the Author himself
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1 1993/08/27 14:38:38 ram
+?RCS: patch7: now prompts user for its e-mail address
+?RCS: patch7: no longer silent when mail has been sent
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0 1993/08/18 12:05:06 ram
+?RCS: Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
+?RCS:
+?RCS:
+?X:
+?X: This unit asks the user to please send a message to the author.
+?X: To force inclusion of this unit, you must add it's name to the
+?X: dependencies on the MAKE line in your private copy of End.U.
+?X: This allows a smart mailagent program to automatically let users know
+?X: when their package is out of date, and to allow users to be notified of
+?X: any future patches.
+?X:
+?MAKE:MailAuthor mailpatches notifypatches usermail: test cat mailer \
+ package Myread patchlevel baserev rm rsrc Oldconfig Configdir
+?MAKE: -pick wipe $@ %<
+?S:mailpatches:
+?S: Indicates whether the user would like future patches to be mailed
+?S: directly to them.
+?S:.
+?S:notifypatches:
+?S: Indicates whether the user would like notification of future patches
+?S: mailed to them.
+?S:.
+?S:usermail:
+?S: This variable is used internally by Configure to keep track of the
+?S: user e-mail address, where notifications or patches should be sent.
+?S: A '-' value means the return address will be extracted by parsing
+?S: the mail headers.
+?S:.
+?T:opt mailpatches notifypatches atsh status
+: notify author that his package is used
+if $test -f ../.config/mailauthor &&
+ cmp $rsrc/patchlevel.h ../.config/mailauthor >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+ status="say that you're using $package";
+ case "$mailpatches" in
+ true) status='have patches mailed to you as they are issued';;
+ esac
+ case "$notifypatches" in
+ true) status='be notified when new patches are issued';;
+ esac
+ $cat <<EOM
+
+You have already sent the author of $package (<MAINTLOC>) mail to
+$status. If you wish, you may modify
+your previous request by sending a new mail with different options.
+
+EOM
+ rp='Should I send a status update to <MAINTLOC>?'
+ dflt=n
+else
+ $cat <<EOM
+
+If you are able to send mail to the Internet, the author of $package would
+really appreciate you letting me send off a quick note, just to say that you've
+tried it. The author is more likely to spend time maintaining $package if it's
+known that many people are using it, and you can even ask to get sent new
+patches automagically this way if you wish. To protect your privacy, all I'll
+say in the mail is the version of $package that you're using.
+
+EOM
+ rp='Should I send mail to <MAINTLOC>?'
+ dflt=y
+?X: Ensure default is 'n' if question has been asked already, in case they
+?X: run Configure -d next time and answered 'n' the first time. Therefore,
+?X: an empty nomail will be created later on even if no mail is sent.
+ $test -f ../.config/nomail && dflt=n
+fi
+. ./myread
+case "$ans" in
+[yY]*)
+ echo " "
+ echo "Great! Your cooperation is really appreciated."
+ $cat <<EOM
+
+Some braindead sites do not set a proper return address in the From: header of
+their outgoing mail, making it impossible to reply to mail they generate.
+If your site is broken in this way, write to your system administrator and get
+it fixed!!! In the mean time, you can manually specify the Internet e-mail
+address by which the author can get back to you, should there be a need to do
+so. If manually specified, it should be something like "user@domain.top".
+If your mail system generates addresses correctly, specify "none".
+
+EOM
+ case "$usermail" in
+ '-'|'') dflt=none;;
+ *) dflt="$usermail";;
+ esac
+ rp='Manually specify a return address to use:'
+ . ./myread
+ case "$ans" in
+ none|*@*.*)
+ case "$ans" in
+ none) usermail='-';;
+ *) usermail="$ans";;
+ esac
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo "(Address does not look like an Internet one -- ignoring it.)"
+?X:
+?X: If we can't trust their mailer or their return address, it's highly
+?X: suggested that they only register and don't ask to get anything from
+?X: the author, since it's likely to bounce in null-land -- RAM.
+?X:
+ usermail='-'
+ mailpatches=false
+ notifypatches=false
+ ;;
+ esac
+ echo " "
+ opt=''
+ rp='Would you like to have new patches automatically mailed to you?'
+ case "$mailpatches" in
+ true) dflt=y;;
+ *) dflt=n;;
+ esac
+ . ./myread
+ case "$ans" in
+ [yY]*) opt=' mailpatches'; mailpatches=true;;
+ *)
+ mailpatches=false
+ echo " "
+ rp='Ok, would you like to simply be notified of new patches?'
+ case "$notifypatches" in
+ false) dflt=n;;
+ *) dflt=y;;
+ esac
+ . ./myread
+ echo " "
+ case "$ans" in
+ [yY]*) opt=' notifypatches'; notifypatches=true;;
+ *)
+ echo "Fine, I'll simply say that you've tried it then."
+ notifypatches=false
+ ;;
+ esac
+ ;;
+ esac
+ echo "Sending mail to <MAINTLOC>..." >&4
+?X: Bizarre hack here. We can't just put @SH in the hereis lines below, because
+?X: metaconfig will interpret it as a command, and there's no quoting mechanism.
+?X: Do it via a variable instead.
+ atsh='@SH'
+ $mailer <MAINTLOC> <<EOM >/dev/null 2>&1
+Subject: Command
+Precedence: junk
+To: <MAINTLOC>
+
+$atsh package $usermail $package $baserev $patchlevel$opt
+EOM
+ $rm -f ../.config/mailauthor ../.config/nomail
+ cp $rsrc/patchlevel.h ../.config/mailauthor
+ ;;
+*)
+ case "$dflt" in
+ "y")
+ echo "Oh well, maybe next time."
+ cp /dev/null ../.config/nomail
+ ;;
+ esac
+ ;;
+esac
+